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Hello everyone! I want you all to meet Quackers the Mallard with the broken bill.
Quackers is a male Mallard duck with a broken bill who has been a good duck friend with me for 2 years now. Quackers lives at this pond and every time I go to this one pond Quackers swims right over to me and starts talking duck to me. I don’t understand duck language though. At Frist I thought, this duck must just want some food from me but I was incorrect. I was the only person who he felt safe swimming up to! Every time he saw me he would fly form wherever he was in the pond just to see me! When I walked around the pond he would follow me all the wat around. It was like having a pet duck, just in the wild. Each day I would head over to this pond and sit on the grass and he would come right up to me and sit with me on the grass. I would like to mention that Quackers had no duck friends so maybe he was thinking I could be his friend? I never knew why he came up to me (and my good friend) but nobody else. That was intel Moss showed up, Moss was another single duck with no friends. Quackers and Moss didn't take long to become friends though. Soon enough both ducks were coming up to me and I had to good Mallard friends. I can't believe that Quackers and Moss still live here! I do feed them occasionally but not often. For some reason Quackers and Moss Don't come right up to me anymore much but they still come close. I am guessing they might have had a bad time with another person somewhere else. Anyway, that's my story about Quackers and Moss!
And by the way, does anyone have a guess on how Quackers broke the tip of his bill?

Experts - What is going on here? This male American Kestrel sure did seem to have the hots for this female Merlin. He kept trying to get close to her and even brought her a few treats (insects?) from the grass beneath the fence. She accepted the treats but didn't seem thrilled with the attention. However, when he flew off, she followed him...

I think this is a Mexican duck: olive yellow bill on “female” mallard color during breeding season, no curly tail feathers, color distinction between head and body. Though it looks like there’s a little mallard introgression in the hint of green to the dark marks on the head and fairly white tail. Should I call it a hybrid?
The last picture (with the female mallard and a Muscovy duck) is included because I liked seeing the contrast between the true mallard and the Mexican.

This Snow Goose was a rescue.

I rescued it off Kelso rd. In the MNP. It was walking along side the road in the evening. It was almost hit and I pulled over, rescued it and took it with me to the preserve where I was to meet with a team for Cima Dome Restoration.

Drew Kaiser, botanist for MNP phoned a wildlife biologist who ID it for us and came y next morning to check on it and take it to Zzyzx.

It was weak when I picked it up. It sat on my lap the entire drive to Cima Dome. I got it to drink water, and eat (watermelon, grapes, lettuce). The next day it had regained energy and became a little snappy with me.

I share about our slumber party in my rig below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9um4OLYbo/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

This marmot reportedly showed up at a high school campus in Albuquerque in fall 2018 and I first learned about it in May 2019 when I photo'd it. It was denning under a shipping container next to the track and football field and reportedly feeding on the field when few people were around. Obviously a displaced individual since there are no marmot populations at this elevation (5700 ft) in New Mexico or within about 60 miles of here. The animal disappeared before we could try to live-trap it. Thanks to Deb Hill and Jennifer Frey for alerting me about this animal.

Incidentally, the shaded geographic range as depicted on the iNat species map is inaccurate for New Mexico. The species is not known to occur south of the mountains near Santa Fe.

Provavelmente um Hibrido de Anas com Pato Doméstico daqui do Brasil.

Espécie livre que não ocorre no Brasil (ou então está mantida em cativeiro). Por esse motivo não posto no Wikiaves.

Há cerca de 20 anos tenho fotografado tudo que tem vida. Acabei me especializando em pássaros e deixando outros organismos de lado.

Não tinha um destino adequado às minhas fotos de outros organismos. Mas agora, através de amigos, descobri o iNaturlist.

Estou me divertindo e organizando tudo na plataforma... Toda foto tem sua localização e data corretas (revisadas). Espero ajudar a comunidade com imagens úteis e também ser ajudado na ID dos organismos.

Na época que as fotos foram feitas, não tinha uma visão científica da coisa. Mas estou aprendendo e melhorando aos poucos.

Não espero ter qualquer raridade catalogada, mas espero que possa ajudar em algo. Sou apenas um observador que gosta do assunto, não tenho capacitação técnica.

Agradeço por toda a ajuda, identificações e correções. Já reencontrei e fiz muitos amigos nesta excelente plataforma.

Abração!!
@Manequinho